How is the room in 08D?

Before I posted something like this but asking how the inside of the room was. Now I am wondering will there be hallway traffic and busy elevators on this level is on level 5 or 6 don't know for sure yet? Thank you so much for all those who post here.

Did you book a OGT or GTY room? If so, you won't know your room number until 15-30 days before your cruise. It could actually be much closer to the cruise date. There are various locations for these rooms so impossible for anyone to tell you about foot traffic. Decks 5 & 6 are a convenient location IMO in general. A few decks down for dinner and ports, right at the kid clubs, and a few decks up for the pool.

We were in cat 8D, 6166 last Nov. It wasn't noisy, despite being close to elevators. The cabin itself it spacious, the largest interior sq footage available without being a suite. FWIW, the interior space of an 8D is the same interior space as a cat 4A-4D but those have additional balcony space.

The 8D has a pull down murphy bed, the round tub with small seat, lots of shelves for shampoo & soap, the rainshower feature besides the regular shower, and a super long desk with lots of storage. Not all have a pull down bunk but the ones that do can sleep 5.

As a comparison, here are our pictures from an earlier cruise in a cat 5B which is a standard size room with verandah. Not including verandah sq footage, the interior space is much smaller than the 8D. This was only a 3nt cruise so we didn't mind but the 8D was a b2b so we spent 7 nts there & appreciated the extra space.

Note the much smaller desk/cabinet configuration and how the sofa ends right at the verandah door. No room for a murphy bed and no separate blue chair.

UGH!!! We were in an 8D for the MV and loved it. Will be in a 5C in March and do NOT like the difference in storage space. Glad the next ones are booked in 8Ds again! Thanks for posting the pictures so that we will be prepared for it. Thank goodness we got it at the opening day "glitch" price or we wouldn't be very happy. I guess we will be sticking with cat 8s from now on. There is no comparison for families of 4! I really do not know what I am going to do with all our clothes. There simply is not any room for them with that smaller storage configuration.

ETA: We stayed in 5516 last cruise and will be staying in 6010 on our 2014 cruise. The location was great and very quiet. There are lots of turns to get to the room from the elevators so probably slows people down and blocks the noise from the elevators.

We were in cat 8D, 6166 last Nov. It wasn't noisy, despite being close to elevators. The cabin itself it spacious, the largest interior sq footage available without being a suite. FWIW, the interior space of an 8D is the same interior space as a cat 4A-4D but those have additional balcony space.

The 8D has a pull down murphy bed, the round tub with small seat, lots of shelves for shampoo & soap, the rainshower feature besides the regular shower, and a super long desk with lots of storage. Not all have a pull down bunk but the ones that do can sleep 5.

I'll dig up some pics.

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Good to know this isn't a noisy location - we have two of the 8D cabins in the same area as yours for our Dream cruise in May. Thanks for posting pics, 2 adults + 1 child per cabin so I think we will have plenty of room

UGH!!! We were in an 8D for the MV and loved it. Will be in a 5C in March and do NOT like the difference in storage space. Glad the next ones are booked in 8Ds again! Thanks for posting the pictures so that we will be prepared for it. Thank goodness we got it at the opening day "glitch" price or we wouldn't be very happy. I guess we will be sticking with cat 8s from now on. There is no comparison for families of 4! I really do not know what I am going to do with all our clothes. There simply is not any room for them with that smaller storage configuration.

ETA: We stayed in 5516 last cruise and will be staying in 6010 on our 2014 cruise. The location was great and very quiet. There are lots of turns to get to the room from the elevators so probably slows people down and blocks the noise from the elevators.

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Maybe it's me but I've never found the elevators to be a noisy location. In fact, we intentionally choose to be near stairs/elevators for convenience. Also with our door decorated, it makes it really easy to know we're going in the right direction. Maybe if I had a napping baby I would feel differently. By the time we go to sleep, everywhere is quiet.

I thought the same thing about how to fit so much clothes. We started cruising when our kids were 4 & 7. Back then I could roll up their tiny little shorts and shirts in a small drawer. Now ds16 towers over me. His feet hang past the end of the sofa bed so the murphy bed works better for him. Finding space for everyone's stuff is hard, even with the extra cabinets.
The challenge is that now that they're older and more independent, we really do enjoy & use a verandah. Last April on our 10th DCL cruise, we got our 1st ever upgrade from a 5E to a 4C. That means the large interior space of an 8D plus a verandah. That was just heavenly. So I upgraded our Nov 2012 cruise to a 4D. That's too expensive to cruise that way every time.

Then I read somewhere about someone bringing lots of cheap wire hangers and hanging everyone's clothes up in the closet, saving drawers for just socks, undies, etc. DCL will bring all the wooden hangers you need but they're so thick they take up space themselves.
For Alaska it was so expensive to put 4 in a verandah room, and I was able to snag a secret verandah, so we put the kids in an inside across the hall. It was so nice having 2 closets, 2 TVs, and kids could sleep in real beds, separated into twins. It was awesome.

Good to know this isn't a noisy location - we have two of the 8D cabins in the same area as yours for our Dream cruise in May. Thanks for posting pics, 2 adults + 1 child per cabin so I think we will have plenty of room

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Oh yes, if they are connecting cabins & you can leave the doors open a little, it will feel even bigger. Have a great time!